“We have a fire bug,” said Charles Allen Carson of the Harrison County Fire Department following three barn fires overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday.
Those four bring the total to 13 for Harrison and Nicholas counties over the last week.
Carson said Kentucky State Police arson investigator Curtis Combs has been called in to sift through what remains of the burned buildings.

A candidate debate was hosted by the Harrison county TEA Party at the Extension office Sunday, Sept. 30.
As the election draws near, candidates kick into overdrive in an effort to leave a positive impression on all voters that will hopefully follow them into the voting booths on Nov. 6.
Last Sunday was no exception as many citizens piled into the Harrison County Extension office to catch a glimpse and hear from a variety of candidates whose names will help fill this year’s ballot.

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning for a Cynthiana man killed in a Bourbon County wreck last week.
Emery H. Withers Jr., 77, died of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle accident on Russell Cave Road on Thursday.
Withers was a passenger in a 2001 Chevrolet S-10, which was being driven by his nephew, Thomas Sheats.
According to Deputy Michael Jones of the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department Sheats was taking his uncle to an appointment at the VA Hospital in Lexington.

“I just felt like running.”
In no way did Stephen McCauley start his days of running like the well-known fictional character portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump.
However, what started out as a bet between McCauley, his wife and sister-in-law, has now become more of a daily routine for 1,000 days and counting.
Thursday, Sept. 27, McCauley, along with WKYT news anchor Amber Philpott and hundreds of Paris High School students, ran a mile to help celebrate the 1,000th consecutive day McCauley had ran a mile.

Harrison County tax bills were sent in the mail last week.
The bills show how much property owners are paying this year. However, they do not show what last year’s tax rates were for the area’s taxing districts.
Of the seven taxing districts in the county, only one showed a drop in its rate from last year.
The Harrison County Health Department dropped from .06 cents per $100 of assessed property to .05 cents on real estate and tangible properties.

Battling for Beth fund-raiser is Saturday
Friends and family of Beth Slade will host an event on Saturday, Oct. 6, to help raise funds to cover her medical costs. Slade was recently diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and has started treatments. Her medical bills are beginning to come in. She raised two sons with special needs, one of whom died two years ago. The other is a freshman in college.
The event will be held at the Harrison County courthouse and will include a yard sale, bake sale, vendors, gospel singing and baskets for auction.

The 2012 installment of the Harrison County Marching Thorobreds competition field show features music made famous by the movies that portray Ian Fleming’s suave and dapper super-spy, James Bond.
“The music has been a great vehicle for us,” said band director John Merz. “We really enjoy playing it.”
The best part, Merz continues, is developing the show visually.